Sweatband for hats



May 5, 1925.

H. E. ALDRICH swEATBAND FOR HATS Filed May 11, 192s /NVENroh H ELQLQPZCH mom-'rs fi .5.2 Y.

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Patented May 5,1925. l

vHcwaiui Jia-Nasr Ait-BRICE, 0r MIDDLETOWN? New vom/:.5

Ap'piicatioalee-May 1,1, 192B.- `Serial No. 638,360.

To all whom. 15m/.ay concern:

Be it known that I, HGWARD E. a citizen of the United States, andlia resident of- Middletown; in the county of "Orangeand Statejof New York, have linifented a` new and glnipiovedy Sweatbaiild for Hats, of `,which the ffollowingfV isy ai full, clear, and exact description-` This invention has relation to head wear and refers particularly to a sweat `hand which is especially designed for use in connectionwithineis. straw hats.

The principal object of the present inventi-oii resides in the provision of a sweat band which affords a yieldable and close fitting head receiving opening in order to render the same more comfortable to the wearer while at the same time closely conforming to the shape of the head in order to prevent accidental displacementand to present a neater appearance when positioned on the head. f y

Other objects and advantages of the inveiition reside in the simplicity of construc-` tion of the sweat band and its mode of application to the hat and the comparatively low cost of production of the same.

lVith the above recited and other objects in View, the invention resides in the novel construction set forth in the following specification, particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims and illustrated in the accoinpanying drawing, it being` understood y that the right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in whichthe claims are expressed.

. In the drawingy 1 Figure l is a bottom plan view of a hat equipped with a sweat band constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar enlarged fragmentary view with parts broken away and shownin section to disclose the underlying structure.

Fig; 3 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical ysectional Lview taken approximately on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

`Fig. 4 isa fragmentary sectional view of the connection between the band stiffening element.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the band stiiiening element removed.

Referring to the drawing by ycharacters of reference, designates the crown and l1 the rim of a hat with which the improved l vided'.

sweat band structure is associated. The` sweat bandstruct-ure includes a strip l2 of vleather .or other suitable material whicli'is cut' in. arcuate or curved'- forni, the same having more ofl a. curve than is .usually 4procloth 18 is. ben-t transversely upon yitself along a longitudinal line to provide a hight 14 witl'iinlwhich a flexible. wire lyi's secured by aline of over-.stitching-l. "Bhe outer or longen arcuate edgeof the strip-vor leather L2 is .their attached; t0 the glazed, clothy 13 by a line ofV stitching 17. The opposite ends of the wire are then bent into substan- P tially oval or band -forin to fit within the entrance'of the head receiving portion of the hat at the juncture of the crown with the rim and a line of stitching 18 is passed through the glazed cloth immediately inside of the wire 15 to produce an inwardly bulged portion 19 in the strip at its point of connection with the glazed cloth; the remainder of the strip from the bulged portion' being directed upward t0 lie in substantially concentric spaced relation to theV A;- stiip of relatively ystili1 glazed` the saine time 4operating to properly engage with the head and conform to thek shape thereof for thepurpose of preventing accidental displacement and for further :presenting a neat appearance when in place. The construction of the sweat band further i operates to facilitate its application to the hat; thereby reducing the cost of assem; blage. The strip 12 is provided with a line of perforations 2l which operate and serve in the capacity of ventilating openings disposed above the point of engagement ofthe bulged portion with the head. c

The gist of the invention resides in eniploying a relatively stiff resilient velement to which the edge of the leather is secured for forcing the same radially inward to provide a bulged v portion 'at its juncture therewith.

I claim: y l. As a new article of manufacture, a sweat band for hats comprising a strip of semi-flexible material, initially of flat arcuate formation7 and a yrelatively stiff resilient element serured to the outer edge of the strip for securement in substantially ring forni within the head receiving opening to produce in the strip an annular inwardly projecting bulged head engaging portion Substantially at its point of juncture of the sweat hand with the hat.

2. its a new article ol n1a11ulactnre, a sweat hand for hats comprising :1 strip of semi-flexible inaterial initially of flat arenate formation7 a relatively stiff strip of niaterial doubled upon itself along a longitudinal line, a resilient eleinent arranged and secured in the bight portion thereof, a connection between the outer edge of the first Strip and the latter strip adjacent the bight portion, and means for attaching said latter strip adjacent its bight portion within the head-receiving opening to force the first strip inwardly to produce an annular inwardly bulged head engaging portion at its secured edge, as and for the purpose sperilied.

3. A sweat band for hats comprising a flat arcuate strip of material in band form, a stilfening strip folded along a longitndr nal line and Secured adjacent its hight portion to the outer edge of the arcuate strip to provide a tunnel, a resilient wire arranged and secured within the l'iight portion ofthe still'ening strip having its opposite ends at taehed to each other7 and a line of stitching extending through the stiffening strip and the hat at the point of uneture of the crown with the rim effecting radial contraction of the first mentioned strip to produce an :1.11- nular inwardly and vertically bulged yieldable head engaging and gripping portion substantially at the juncture of said first mentioned band with the hat.

HOVARD ERNEST ALDRIGH. 

